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Alaska Public Health Information Response Team publishes chapter on misinformation

Founding members of the Alaska Public Health Information Response Team submitted a book chapter proposal, entitled "Addressing Health Misinformation in the Infodemic Era: The Alaska Public Health Information Response Team," in the early spring of 2021 for consideration in a forthcoming book, "Building Health Misinformation Immunity: A Professional's Guide to Helping the Public," which was recently published.

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Alaska Statewide Survey on Long COVID

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In February 2022, a team at the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ led by Dr. Jennifer Meyer deployed a statewide survey to assess respondents' knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to COVID-19 prevention strategies and specifically Long Covid or Post COVID conditions.

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Making Land Acknowledgements in the University Setting Meaningful and Appropriate

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Div. of Population Health Sciences associate professor Corrie Whitmore co-authored a published article in College Teaching about making land acknowledgements in university settings meaningful, title "Making Land Acknowledgements in the University Setting Meaningful and Appropriate."

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When the temperature hits 70, Alaskans feel the heat — and start suffering health ills

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According to results from research led by Micah Hahn, an environmental epidemiologist here at ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼, Alaskans' health starts suffering when temperatures climb to 70 degrees, and that local and state officials should consider policies to respond to heat-related health problems that are expected to increase as the climate continues to warm.

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Micah Hahn shares recent publications

Micah Hahn, assistant professor of Environmental Health with the Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies of the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ Div. of Population Health Sciences, has recently co-authored numerous papers focused on wildfire smoke, evolving perceptions, modeling geographic uncertainty, implications of inadequate water storage, and more.